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“2014 is going to be a winning year for our common-sense conservative ideas and solutions for a more efficient, effective government that spends less, serves you better, understands the challenges you face, and is genuinely accountable to hardworking Virginia taxpayers. That is why I need you on our winning team once again,” Comstock wrote to supporters asking them to donate.

Comstock cited her affiliation with Wolf, saying she campaigned for him in every one of his elections since 1984, worked in his congressional office as an aide for five years and that it was Wolf who urged her to run for the Virginia House of Delegates.

Calling herself a “common-sense conservative leader,” Comstock wrote to supporters that she has won three close elections to unseat a Democrat and hold the seat against Democrat “special interests.”

She pledged to work to repeal Obamacare, cut taxes, protect national security and defend the Constitution.

Wolf announced in December he was retiring at the end of his 17th term, putting up for grabs a district that has been trending more Democratic over the years. Mitt Romney narrowly won the district in the 2012 election, but President Barack Obama won it in 2008.

Romney himself Tweeted his blessing to Comstock’s campaign on Tuesday afternoon.

So far, on the Democratic side, Fairfax County Supervisor John Foust and attorney Richard Bolger entered the race before Wolf announced he would not run. On the Republican side, Comstock will join candidate Tareq Salahi, famous for crashing a White House state dinner uninvited with his wife in 2009 while filming for “The Real Housewives of D.C.”